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How to get the most out of college visits The List: Rick Bischoff, vice president for enrollment management, gives tips to help college-bound students make the most of visiting a college. Tips included immersing yourself in the student body and thinking about life outside the classroom.

Case Western Reserve's Michael Weiss gets nearly $1 million Helmsley grant for diabetes research The Plain Dealer: Biochemistry professor and chair Michael Weiss received nearly $1 million in funding from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to advance the development of a new form…

The psychologist as (wary) parent The New York Times: Lisa Damour, clinical instructor of psychology, writes about the difficult line psychologists who are parents must walk. For example, “When parents talk about feelings too much,” she wrote, “they risk giving children the impression that…

Scientists at work on rewiring human brains American Public Media: The Department of Defense granted Pedram Mohseni, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and a colleague $1.44 million to create a method of rewiring the human brain to bypass parts that have been damaged.

CWRU's School of Medicine 'Match Day' WKYC: Match Day—when medical students get the results of their residency matches—took place Friday at the School of Medicine.

Lupo, employee, plead not guilty to dumping fracking waste water ideastream: Two men accused of dumping drilling waste water into a storm drain pleaded not guilty to charges of violating the Clean Water Act. “It’s easy to assume that the government has really strong evidence, and it might,” said…

Failure to launch ideastream: Donald Freedheim, professor emeritus of psychology, joined a panel on The Sound of Ideas to discuss when and how parents should cut their adult children off, financially.

'Play Me, I'm Yours' musical art installation will put pianos at city's fingertips The Plain Dealer: This summer, 22 pianos will be spread outdoors across University Circle for residents and visitors to play. The project is a collaboration between the Cleveland International Piano Competition and…

Zimbabwe police defy order to free lawyer, group says The New York Times: The Zimbabwean police are holding Beatrice Mtetwa, 2011 recipient of the Inamori Ethics Prize, on charges of obstructing justice—defying a high court ruling ordering her release. The arrest of Mtetwa, a renowned human rights…

Case conference on food and social justice issues draws nation's leaders in urban farming movement The Plain Dealer: The Social Justice Institute will co-sponsor an event on campus in April bringing together local and national leaders in urban farming.